Sixty-nine U.S. service members from all four branches of service return from West Africa supporting Operation United Assistance, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 at Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas. They will undergo a mandatory 21-day quarantine period. (AP Photo/The El Paso Times, Ruben R Ramirez) EL DIARIO OUT; JUAREZ MEXICO OUTMilitary personnel hold an American flag in honor of Veteran's Day before an NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Sailors haul mooring lines for the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush as the ship returns after a nine-month deployment to homeport on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15, 2014.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Magen F. Weatherwax U.S. Marines and Royal Brunei Land Forces conduct military operations in urban terrain training during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Brunei 2014 on Camp Penanjong, Brunei , Nov. 13, 2014. The annual bilateral exercise includes the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations including Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cedric R. Haller II Master Sgt. Raymond A. Spall, a crew chief with the 124th Maintenance Group, shovels snow away from an A-10 Thunderbolt II Nov. 14, 2014 at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. Airmen clear snow from around the aircraft in preparation for potential flights.U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), School of Infantry-East, conduct a live fire exercise with the M240B Medium Machine Gun on New River Air Station, N.C., Sept. 24, 2014. As part of a measured, deliberate and responsible collection of data of female Marines executing existing infantry tasks, female Marine volunteers attend the eight-week basic infantryman and infantry training courses at ITB. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SOI-East Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Andrew Kuppers/Released)A U.S. Soldier, assigned to Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, sights in a M777 howitzer during a direct fire exercise at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Nov. 17, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel observes female Marines fire shoulder-launched assault weapons on Camp LeJeune, N.C., Nov. 18. 2014. The Marines are assigned to Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Hurt Cmdr. Ted Riccardella, a Naval aviator with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, embraces his family during a homecoming celebration. VFA-31 returned home from a nine-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), conducting combat operations, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedom over Afghanistan and Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon D. Barnwell/Released)
